His definition of a Great Adventure is where he: Doesn’t go broke,doesn’t get divorced, and doesn’t kill himself

Axe has climbed and adventured on 6 continents (the 7th is in the planning stage)

The key to safety is to push yourself but always work within your capabilities

The two biggest challenges have been: climbing Mt Cook – this took 7years of preparation and effort to achieve – and climbing Mt Everest which took 12 years of project time to complete (including two attempts and getting pulmonry edema)

Axe says, “I climb mountains because I want to live, not because I want to die. It is important to mitigate risk, but always ensure the reward is big enough to make the risk worthwhile”

Mountaineering has been kinder to his body than rugby (except when he and his climbing partner fell off a mountain 4 years ago – and the pulmonry edema)

Impact of having kids on mountain climbing

Focus shift to human powered journeys

Raising a $250,000 budget for an adventure

The power of momentum and doing something daily

Unsupported expedition to increase commitment

Looking at the next Human Powered journey – the focus on the current journey and dreaming about the next one(s)

Visit www.axeoneverest.com to discover more about his adventures, see his past adventures and track the current ones in real time

The key thing that is more important than Axe’s adventures is to be sure to take time to create your own adventure

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